Vinyl Siding goes "green"

Vinyl siding is a great way to get "green building" points according to ANSI and the National Green Building Standard.

At long last, the word "draft" has been removed and replaced with "ANSI approved." And in the ANSI approved ICC 700-2008 National Green Building Standard™, vinyl siding continues to contribute to achieving more points for resource and energy efficiency than other exterior cladding.When the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) — a joint effort of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the International Code Council (ICC) — was approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in late January, it became the only green certification program to receive ANSI approval. In the NGBS, vinyl siding can contribute to achieving points through performance in these categories: (click to see points chart).

12 reason to use vinyl siding on your green project:

1. Can contribute to points in leading green building programs
2. Boosts a home’s R-value
3. Generates less waste during manufacturing
4. Produces little waste when installed
5. Requires few resources to maintain beauty
6. Is engineered to last
7. Offers better environmental performance
8. Balances economic with environmental performance
9. Contributes less to global warming than brick
10. Releases fewer toxic chemicals than other exterior cladding through its life-cycle
11. Emits less dioxin than other exterior cladding
12. Installs safely
    
    To learn more about vinyl siding's sustainability, download
    A Dozen Things You Might Not Know that Make Vinyl Siding Green.

Use vinyl siding and GO GREEN!!